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Operating results of KMG EP for the first nine months of 2017

Astana, 25 October 2017. JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production ("KMG EP" or "Company") announces its operating results for the first nine months of 2017.

Production

KMG EP, including its stakes in Kazgermunai ("KGM"), Karazhanbasmunai ("CCEL") and PetroKazakhstan Inc. ("PKI"), produced 8,884 thousand tonnes of crude oil (239 kbopd) in the first nine months of 2017, a 3% decrease over the same period of 2016.

Ozenmunaigas JSC ("OMG") produced 4,092 thousand tonnes (110 kbopd), a 2% decrease year on year, mainly due to fewer wells drilled and the performance of existing well stock. Embamunaigas JSC ("EMG") produced 2,117 thousand tonnes (57 kbopd), 0.2% less than in the same period of 2016. The total volume of oil OMG and EMG produced was 6,209 thousand tonnes (167 kbopd), a 1% decrease compared to the same period of 2016.

The Company's share of production from KGM, CCEL and PKI for the first nine months of 2017 amounted to 2,675 thousand tonnes of crude oil (72 kbopd), 6% less than in the same period of 2016. This was mainly driven by a natural decline in oil production at PKI, which produced 13.5% per day less than in the same period of 2016.

Crude oil supplies and sales of oil products

In the first nine months of 2017, the Company's combined sales from OMG and EMG were 6,056 thousand tonnes (160 kbopd). Of these crude oil sales, 4,200 thousand tonnes (111 kbopd) were exported and 1,856 thousand tonnes (49 kbopd) were sold to the domestic market, equivalent to 31% of the total sales volume. In the same period of 2016, the Company sold 40% of crude oil in the domestic market.

Out of 1,856 thousand tonnes (49 kbopd) of crude oil supplied by OMG and EMG to the domestic market, 1,437 thousand tonnes (38 kbopd) were supplied to Atyrau Refinery (ANPZ) and 419 thousand tonnes (11 kbopd) were supplied to Pavlodar Refinery (PNHZ).

Under the independent oil processing scheme, sales of oil products for the first nine months of 2017 were 1,774 thousand tonnes. For more details about volumes of sales of oil products please see Table No.2.

The Company's share in sales from CCEL, KGM, and PKI amounted to 2,552 thousand tonnes of oil (69 kbopd). Of this, 1,045 thousand tonnes (27 kbopd) were exported with the remaining 1,506 thousand tonnes (42 kbopd) supplied to the domestic market, equivalent to 59% of total sales volume.

Table No.1. Production and sales of oil in the first nine months of 2017

Table No.2. Production and sales of oil products in the first nine months of 2017

NOTES TO EDITORS

KMG EP is among the top three Kazakh oil producers based on the 2016 results. The overall production in 2016 was 12.2 million tonnes (245 kbopd) of crude oil, including the Company's share in Kazgermunai, CCEL and PKI. The Company's volume of proved and probable reserves excluding shares in the associates, at the end of 2016 was 182 million tonnes (1,327 mmbbl). The Company's shares are listed on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange and the GDRs are listed on The London Stock Exchange. The Company raised over US$2bn at its IPO in September 2006.

For further details please contact us at:

KMG EP. Investor Relations (+7 7172 97 5433)

Saken Shoshanov

e-mail: ir@kmgep.kz 

KMG EP. Public Relations (+7 7172 97 7887)

Bakdaulet Tolegen

e-mail: pr@kmgep.kz

Finsbury (+44 (0)20 7251 3801)

Dorothy Burwell

e-mail: KMGEP@finsbury.com

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